Why don’t you tell me? The mediating role of self-concealment in the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress

Geng, Yan; Zhan, Tingting; Yu-wei, Zhang; Shi, Liping; Yu, Jing; Jin, Wenjing

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-02911-8

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“…For this reason, among male university students, Machiavellianism might have a higher coefficient for break-up distress. This conclusion, that the direct path coefficient of male university students is higher than that of female university students, is consistent with Geng et al [ 16 ]. That is to say, after experiencing the dissolution of romantic relationships, high Machiavellian females are more flexible to change their perceptions and accept the facts, while males are more prone to rumination and experience more distress from the break-up.…”

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“…As predicted, we found that high Machiavellians experienced more break-up distress. There is some inconsistency between this conclusion and previous research [ 11 , 16 ]. For this result, we have some explanations.…”

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“…Thus, high Machiavellians appear to be lighthearted, but still report high levels of break-up distress [ 15 ]. Moreover, the “Innocent Darkness” framework states that high Machiavellians may not understand the degree of harm their actions cause to others, so the dissolution of romantic relationships may leave high Machiavellians more puzzled and angrier [ 16 , 17 , 18 ]. Additionally, Birkás has noted that high Machiavellians report higher levels of anxiety and sensitivity to rejection when they lose a manipulative object [ 19 ].…”

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Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

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Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students’ psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students’ psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine the effect of Machiavellianism and psychological capital on break-up distress, as well as its gender difference. The results indicated that high Machiavellians experience more break-up distress. Moreover, through structural equation models, we found that as for female university students, psychological capital mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress. However, as for male university students, the mediation effect was not significant. It means that for female university students, psychological capital acted as the mechanism to connect Machiavellianism and break-up distress.

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“…Narcissism is marked by exaggeration of self-worth and importance, superiority over others, bragging, attention and admiration seeking, and manipulation [ 11 , 12 ]. Lastly, psychopathy is defined by impulsivity and sensation seeking, callousness, a lack of remorse, and antisocial behaviors [ 10 , 11 , 13 ]. Research has suggested that lower agreeableness, lower honesty–humility, interpersonal manipulation, and callous affect were the common characteristics shared by the Dark Triad [ 14 , 15 ].…”

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Differential Eating Behavior Patterns among the Dark Triad

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Geng

2022

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There is little extant empirical literature examining the associations between Dark Triad (DT: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and eating behaviors. The current study (n = 361) investigated the associations between Dark Triad and restrained eating, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating in a sample drawn from the general population. The results from the study indicate that (a) despite expected sex differences in narcissism and primary psychopathy, no sex differences were found in Machiavellianism, secondary psychopathy, and eating behaviors; (b) among women, Machiavellianism was a protective factor against uncontrolled eating behaviors; (c) the sex of the participant moderated the narcissism–uncontrolled eating behaviors and narcissism–emotional eating behaviors relationships, with the negative correlation being stronger for men than that for women; (d) secondary psychopathy, rather than primary psychopathy, was associated with higher uncontrolled eating behaviors in both sexes, and associated with higher emotional eating behaviors for men only. The implication of these findings are interpreted and discussed.

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“…Specifically, it was expected that classes characterized by more SMS and CDA would have high levels of attachment anxiety, low impulse control, few emotion regulation strategies, high levels of alcohol use, low distress tolerance, and low intolerance of uncertainty. Additionally, given the widely documented adverse effect of breakup distress on post-breakup psychological, behavioral, and physiological outcomes (Field et al, 2010; Geng et al, 2022), breakup distress was examined as a potential covariate in a post hoc analysis of the perpetrator profiles.…”

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Heterogeneity in College Student’s Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Occurring Post-Breakup: A Latent Profile Analysis

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Schroeder

Langhinrichsen‐Rohling

2023

J Interpers Violence

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Technology-facilitated intimate partner violence (T-IPV), including social media surveillance (SMS) and cyber dating abuse (CDA), are increasingly common post-breakup experiences among college students. Although a large body of research has focused on identifying risk factors for both types of T-IPV, perpetrators of T-IPV may differ in their pattern of risk factors. Using the I3 model as a guiding framework, the current study sought to identify typologies of college students engaging in post-breakup SMS and CDA. Specifically, 710 college students’ responses on self-report measures were examined for similarities in known risk factors, namely attachment anxiety, impulse control difficulties, lack of emotion regulation strategies, intolerance of uncertainty, distress tolerance, and problematic alcohol use. Three distinct perpetrator profiles emerged with attachment anxiety, alcohol use, and intolerance of uncertainty presenting as distinguishing features. Problematic alcohol use was evident in the moderate and high levels of SMS and CDA perpetration profiles. Contrary to what was expected, there appeared to be little variability in emotional regulation and impulse control abilities across the three profiles such that individuals belonging to low and high perpetration profiles did not differ in the degree to which they were able to control their impulses or access emotion regulation strategies. Results highlight the potential importance of tailoring interventions, while reducing transdiagnostic risk factors, to account for the heterogeneity in risk factors among T-IPV perpetrators.

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Why don’t you tell me? The mediating role of self-concealment in the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

Differential Eating Behavior Patterns among the Dark Triad

Heterogeneity in College Student’s Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Occurring Post-Breakup: A Latent Profile Analysis

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